EBR-II Test and Operating Experience - Arc Nuclear

EBR-II Test and Operating Experience Prepared for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission John I. Sackett, INL 12/05/2008 Executive summary EBR-II operated for 30 years as a very successful test and demonstration sodium-cooled fast-reactor power plant. As a complete power plant, the reliability of the system was demonstrated and sodium Operating and maintenance technology was established. As an irradiation test facility, Oxide, Metal, Carbide and Nitride fuels were developed. Oxide fuel for the FFTF and CRBRP was qualified and Metal fuel was extensively developed for EBR-II . As an operational-safety test facility, the self-protecting response of a metal-fueled reactor was demonstrated for Anticipated Transients without Scram and the benefits to safety were quantified in a PRA. The safety of operation with breached fuel was also demonstrated. As the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) prototype, proliferation-resistant reprocessing and recycle of fuel was demonstrated and fuel containing minor actinides was fabricated and irradiated.

development at the dawn of the nuclear age. EBR-I, a fast-reactor, was the first reactor in the world to produce electricity (December of 1951).

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